When I think of "key free agents" that a bad lottery team with no star to build around should add, I think of guys like Eric Gordon or James Harden down the road. Good 23-24 year old players that you try to sign through their entire primes. That's the kind of money you spend when rebuilding. Not a 38 year old PG whose minutes played are surely only going to drop with each upcoming season.

Please, just don't overpay Steve Nash if Raptors somehow get him. Everyone should already know that he has a chronic back problem that he could still play at a high level just because Suns' physio is the best in the world.

When I think of "key free agents" that a bad lottery team with no star to build around should add, I think of guys like Eric Gordon or James Harden down the road. Good 23-24 year old players that you try to sign through their entire primes. That's the kind of money you spend when rebuilding. Not a 38 year old PG whose minutes played are surely only going to drop with each upcoming season.

noone like EG or Harden are signing here though

Nash will get us to the playoffs and make Derozan, Ross, Bargnani and Val look better and maybe that will improve FAs wanting to come here.

Sure they would. It all comes down to money. If I was the Raptors (or any other bad team), I'd be offering max deals to young productive players like these who are/will be restricted free agents. At least force their team to match or sign-and-trade.

It's the top unrestricted free agents that would never sign with the Raptors.